Archive for the ‘€15-€20’ Category

Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté (video tasting)

Posted on September 1st, 2010 1 Comment

Saved in Sour Grapes recommends, Video, White wine, €15-€20

Give a dog a beaune!
Aligoté, maligned and unloved, like a rainsoaked puppy. But this dog is worthy of your affection.

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Date for your diary: an evening in the Yarra Valley

Posted on July 18th, 2010 1 Comment

Saved in Sour Grapes recommends, Wine, €15-€20


Wine tasting season starts in earnest in September and one of the highlights will be an evening in the Yarra Valley, open to consumers.

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Three from McClaren Vale via Simplywines.ie

Posted on April 9th, 2010 No Comments yet

Saved in Red wine, Sour Grapes recommends, €15-€20

Three rich reds to keep you going until Spring truly arrives.

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Three of the best from Barossa on Australia Day

Posted on February 3rd, 2010 No Comments yet

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Three of my picks from last week’s Barossa evening with Wine Australia.

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Three great value New Zealand Pinot Noirs

Posted on January 26th, 2010 8 Comments

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From this week’s Tribune, three Cracking value Pinot Noirs from New Zealand.

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#twebt – Twitter Blind Wine Tasting 31st January

Posted on January 23rd, 2010 5 Comments

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The second edition of the Irish Twitter Blind Wine Tasting is happening on Jan. 31st. Guess the wine, brag to all your fellow twitterers, twits, friends or followers (whatever it is the kidz are calling it these days.)

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Three Rheingau Rieslings from Carl Ehrhard: Video Tasting

Posted on January 23rd, 2010 No Comments yet

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3 Rieslings from Rheingau producer, Carl Ehrhard and available from Karwig Wines in Cork.

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Wine for Christmas: Two vintages of Faustino I Gran Reserva

Posted on December 20th, 2009 8 Comments

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The ubiquitous Faustino brand has a couple of Gran Reserva choices which would perfectly match the Christmas din-dins.

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Tickled Pink

Posted on November 13th, 2009 No Comments yet

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pink-yellowglen-sparkling

Great value Pink Sparkler from Australia. Imaginatively, they’ve called it “Pink”.

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Wine of the week: Eternum Viti 2007, Toro (Bodegas Albanico)

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 No Comments yet

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The Eternum Viti, a red from the Toro region (near enough to Ribera del Duero). Old vines The Eternum Viti is made from vines with an average age of over 50 years (the older, the less grapes are produced, the more concentrated the flavours). Tinta de Toro: It’s Tempranillo, Jim, but not as we know it [...]

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